Product Details
JOSEPH LANG & SON 12-BORE PUSH-FORWARD UNDERLEVER SELF-COCKING HAMMERGUN, serial no. 5420, for 1876, 29in. black powder only damascus barrels (heavy pitting, below recommended minimum), the rib engraved 'JOSEPH LANG & SON. 22 COCKSPUR STREET. PALL MALL. LONDON.' (barely legible), 2 1/2in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 choke in both, action incorporating Edwin Hughes 'hand lever' self-half and full cocking action, patent no. 1290 of 9th April 1875, carved percussion fences, best acanthus scroll engraving, the underside engraved 'LANG'S PATENT', 14 1/4in. figured stock including buttplate, triggerguard broken, fore-end with grip-release catch, weight 7lb. 3oz.
Other Notes: The Hughes 1875 patent self-cocking hammer action would be re-registered for hammerless guns by J. Lang as patent no. 1422 of 7th April 1880. Edwin Hughes, an employee of Lang's had become workshop manager for the company in 1868, a position he would hold until at least 1886.
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Estimate £300-500
S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act